Wine bottle and glass holder device

ABSTRACT

A wine bottle and glass holder device that includes a front base member extending between a left end and a right end, the front base member including a front left semi annular channel proximate the left end and a front right semi annular channel proximate the right end, a rear base member extending between a left end and a right end, the rear base member including a rear left semi annular channel proximate the left end and a rear right semi annular channel proximate the right end, a leg member having an L-shape and an upper body including a left channel dividing a left protrusion and an inner protrusion, and a right channel dividing a right protrusion and the inner protrusion.

This application is a non-provisional patent application of the earlierprovisional patent application entitled, “WINE BOTTLE AND GLASS HOLDERDEVICE”, Ser. No. 61/982,097, filed Apr. 21, 2014, now pending, thedisclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference to the extentthat it is not inconsistent with the present disclosure.

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to wine bottle andglass holders. More particularly, the subject matter relates to acompact device configured to receive two wine bottles and four wineglasses.

BACKGROUND

Many people enjoy drinking wine. People enjoy displaying bottles of wineas decorations, particularly when the bottle is expensive, rare, orotherwise personal. Existing storage devices on the market often holdseveral bottles of wine. These storage devices are often bulky, plainand unfashionable. Most existing storage devices do not even display thebottle in a way that is visible and decorative. Further, existingdevices do not elegantly store both wine bottles and wine glasses.Moreover, a wine bottle and wine glass storage device has not beeninvented that is easily assembled from simple component parts afterpurchase. As such, a device which stores and displays both wine bottlesand glasses in an elegant and decorative way, and is easily assembled,would be well received in the art.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

According to one embodiment, a wine bottle and glass holder devicecomprising: a front base member extending between a left end and a rightend, the front base member including a front left semi annular channelproximate the left end and a front right semi annular channel proximatethe right end; a rear base member extending between a left end and aright end, the rear base member including a rear left semi annularchannel proximate the left end and a rear right semi annular channelproximate the right end; a leg member having a first portion extendinghorizontally between the front base member and the rear base member, theleg member having a second portion extending vertically from the rearbase member to a top location; an upper body connected to the leg memberat the top location, the upper body extending horizontally in a parallelor substantially parallel direction to the second portion, the upperbody including a left channel and a right channel each extendinghorizontally in the upper body; wherein a first attachment mechanism isconfigured to attach the leg member to the rear base member, wherein asecond attachment mechanism is configured to attach the leg member tothe front base member, and wherein a third attachment mechanism isconfigured to attach the leg member to the upper body.

According to another embodiment, a wine bottle and glass holder devicecomprises: a front base member extending between a left end and a rightend, the front base member including a first attachment channel at amiddle location between the left end and the right end, the front basemember including a front left semi annular channel proximate the leftend and a front right semi annular channel proximate the right end; arear base member extending between a left end and a right end, the rearbase member including a second attachment channel at a middle locationbetween the left end and the right end, the rear base member including arear left semi annular channel proximate the left end and a rear rightsemi annular channel proximate the right end; a leg member having afirst portion extending horizontally between the front base member andthe rear base member, the leg member having a second portion extendingvertically from the rear base member to a top location; an upper bodyconnected to the leg member at the top location, the upper bodyextending horizontally in a parallel or substantially parallel directionto the second portion, the upper body including a left channel and aright channel each extending horizontally in the upper body, the leftchannel configured to receive and hold a base of two wine glasses, theright channel configured to receive and hold two wine glasses; whereinthe front left semi annular channel is configured to receive a neck of afirst wine bottle, and wherein the front right semi annular channel isconfigured to receive a neck of a second wine bottle, and wherein therear left semi annular channel is configured to receive a body portionof the first wine bottle, and wherein the rear right semi annularchannel is configured to receive a body portion of a second wine bottle.

According to another embodiment, a kit comprises: a front base memberextending between a left end and a right end, the front base memberincluding a front left semi annular channel proximate the left end and afront right semi annular channel proximate the right end; a rear basemember extending between a left end and a right end, the rear basemember including a rear left semi annular channel proximate the left endand a rear right semi annular channel proximate the right end; a legmember having an L-shape; an upper body including a left channeldividing a left protrusion and an inner protrusion, and a right channeldividing a right protrusion and the inner protrusion; a first attachmentmechanism that is configured to attach the leg member to the rear basemember; a second attachment mechanism that is configured to attach theleg member to the front base member; and a third attachment mechanismthat is configured to attach the leg member to the upper body; whereinthe front base member, the rear base member, the leg member and theupper body are configured to be assembled into a wine bottle and glassholder device such that the left channel configured to receive and holda base of two wine glasses, the right channel configured to receive andhold two wine glasses, the front left semi annular channel is configuredto receive a neck of a first wine bottle, the front right semi annularchannel is configured to receive a neck of a second wine bottle, therear left semi annular channel is configured to receive a body portionof the first wine bottle, and the rear right semi annular channel isconfigured to receive a body portion of a second wine bottle.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts a front perspective view of a wine bottle and glassholder device in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 2 depicts a rear side perspective view of the wine bottle and glassholder device of FIG. 1 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 3 depicts a top view of the wine bottle and glass holder device ofFIGS. 1-2 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 4 depicts a bottom view of the wine bottle and glass holder deviceof FIGS. 1-3 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 5 depicts a right side view of the wine bottle and glass holderdevice of FIGS. 1-4 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 6 depicts a left side view of the wine bottle and glass holderdevice of FIGS. 1-5 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 7 depicts a front view of the wine bottle and glass holder deviceof FIGS. 1-6 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 8 depicts a rear view of the wine bottle and glass holder device ofFIGS. 1-7 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 9 depicts a front base member of the wine bottle and glass holderdevice of FIGS. 1-8 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 10 depicts a rear base member of the wine bottle and glass holderdevice of FIGS. 1-8 in accordance with one embodiment;

FIG. 11 depicts a leg member of the wine bottle and glass holder deviceof FIGS. 1-8 in accordance with one embodiment; and

FIG. 12 depicts an upper body of the wine bottle and glass holder deviceof FIGS. 1-8 in accordance with one embodiment; and

FIG. 13 depicts the wine bottle and glass holder device of FIGS. 1-8with two glasses of wine and two bottles of wine being held inaccordance with one embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A description of the hereinafter described embodiments of the disclosedapparatus and method are presented herein by way of exemplification andnot limitation with reference to the photographs.

Referring to FIGS. 1-13, a wine bottle and glass holder device 10 isshown. The device 10 includes a leg member 18 which extends between afront base member 14 and a rear base member 16. The leg member 18extends vertically from a bottom end 20 to a top end 22. From the topend 22, an upper body 24 is attached. The upper body 24 includes a firstchannel 26 and a second channel 28. The first and second channels 26, 28are each configured to hold a base 30 of a wine glass 32 such that astem 34 of the wine glass 32 extends downward therefrom (see FIG. 13).The front and rear base members 14, 16 are configured to hold twobottles of wine 36, 38.

The components 14, 16, 18, 24 of the wine bottle and glass holder device10 may, in one embodiment, be made of wood, plastic, metal or acomposite. The wine bottle and glass holder device 10 may also be madeof stone, brick or any other decorative material. In one embodiment, thecomponents 14, 16, 18, 24 may be made from machine-cut wood, each of thecomponents 14, 16, 18, 24 having the same thickness. The wood may derivefrom particle board, fiber board, hardboard or the like. In otherembodiments, the components 14, 16, 18, 24 may be hand-crafted from anyof the above described materials.

As shown in FIG. 9, the front base member 14 may extend between a leftend 40 and a right end 42. In a location proximate the left end 40 maybe located a front left semi annular channel 44 and in a locationproximate the right end 42 may be located a front right semi annularchannel 46. Likewise, as shown in FIG. 10, the rear base member 16 mayextend between a left end 48 and a right end 50. In a location proximatethe left end 48 may be located a rear left semi annular channel 52 andin a location proximate the right end 50 may be located a rear rightsemi annular channel 54.

The front left and right semi annular channels 44, 46 may each extendthrough the entire thickness of the front base member 14 and may becarved, cut, or otherwise bored into the upper edge of the front basemember 14. The front left and right semi annular channels 44, 46 may beparticularly dimensioned to receive a neck 56 of a wine bottle, such asthe wine bottle 36, 38. In other words, the front left and right semiannular channels 44, 46 may have curvatures which are similar or thesame as the curvature of the neck 56 of the wine bottle 36.

The rear left and right semi annular channels 52, 54 may each extendthrough the entire thickness of the rear base member 16 and may also becarved, cut, or otherwise bored into the upper edge of the rear basemember 16. The rear left and right semi annular channels 52, 54 may beparticularly dimensioned to receive a body portion 58 of a wine bottle,such as the wine bottle 36, 38. In other words, the rear left and rightsemi annular channels 52, 54 may have curvatures which are similar orthe same as the curvature of the body portion 57 of the wine bottle 36,38.

The bottom-most point of each of the channels 44, 46, 52, 54 may each besubstantially the same. Thus, the distance between the bottom-most pointof each of the channels 44, 46, 52, 54 and the bottom of the front andrear base member 14, 16 may be substantially equal. A wine bottle 36, 38may thus rest within the left channels 44, 52 and another bottle 36, 38may rest within the right channels 46, 54. By allowing the necks 56 torest within the front left and right semi annular channels 44, 46, thewine bottles 36, 38 may thus be angled downwardly when resting in thedevice 10. This may retain the bottles in a favorable position wherebythe wine is in contact with the cork.

Still further, as shown in FIG. 7, the left and right ends of the frontand rear base members 14, 16 may be curved and may extend upwardcompared to a middle location 72, 74 of the left and right ends of thefront and rear base members 14, 16. This upward extending left ends 40,48 and right ends 42, 50 may retain the bottles within the device 10.Additionally, the left ends 40, 48 and right ends 42, 50 may also beaesthetically pleasing.

Referring to FIG. 9, the front base member 14 further may include achannel 76 extending vertically and located at the middle location 72.The channel 76 may extend vertically across an entire height of thefront base member 14. However, the channel 76 may only partially extendthrough the thickness of the front base member 14. This channel 76 maybe configured to retain an end 78 of the leg member 18. The channel 72may include an opening 80 configured to receive an attachment device asdescribed herein below.

Similarly, referring to FIG. 10, the rear base member 16 may include achannel 82 extending vertically which may be configured to retain theleg member 18. The channel 82 may extend vertically from a top edge ofthe middle location 74 only partially down through the thickness of therear base member 16. However, the channel 82 may fully extend throughthe thickness of the rear base member 16. Below the channel 82, anopening 84 may extend through the rear base member 16. The opening maybe configured to receive an attachment device as described herein below.

Referring to FIG. 11, the lower surface of the upper body 24 is shown.The upper body 24 may be fork or trident shaped with an inner protrusion58 a left protrusion 60 and a right protrusion 62. The channels 26, 28defined between the protrusions 58, 60, 62 may be located with enoughspace between to accept various diametrical sizes of wine glasses.Further, the channels 26, 28 may be wide enough to receive various sizesof stems of wine glasses. The outer edges of the two protrusions 60, 62may be curved in a concaved manner. Particularly, the curved nature maybe concaved inwardly. Moreover, a the lower surface of the upper body 24may include a trough or channel 86 configured to receive a top end 22 ofthe leg member 18. The channel 86 may be bored into the bottom surfaceof the upper body 24 located at a base of the fork or trident shapewithin the inner protrusion 58. The channel 86 may include an opening 88configured to receive an attachment device as described herein below.

As shown in FIG. 12, the leg member 18 may include an L-shaped profile.The leg member 18 may include a channel 90 located along the base of theleg member 18. The channel 90 may extend fully through the thickness ofthe leg member 18. The channel 90 may be configured to receive the rearbase member 16 at the channel 82 of the rear base member 16. Thus thechannels 82, 90 of the leg member 18 and the rear base member 16 may beconfigured to interlock. An opening 96 may be provided in the verticallyextending edge of the leg member 18 configured to receive an attachmentdevice for attaching the leg member 18 and the rear base member 16together, as described herein below.

The leg member 18 may further include a table portion 92 located at atop end 22 of the leg member 18. The table portion 92 may be configuredto be inserted into the trough or channel 86 of the upper body 24. Thetable portion 92 may include an opening 94 in the upper surface of thetable. The opening 94 may be configured to receive an attachmentmechanism for attaching the table portion 92 of the leg member 18 to thechannel 86 of the upper body 24, as described herein below.

To assemble the device 10, wooden joinery dowels may be used (notshown). For example, dowels provided by the Miller Dowel Company™ may beutilized. In this embodiment, the openings 80, 84, 88, 94, 96 may bepre-drilled by a customized drill bit fitting the wooden dowels. Thedowels may have a stepped profile with concentric ridges to facilitateholding the components 14, 16, 18, 24 into place. The drill bit mayinclude this stepped design. To pre-drill the openings 80, 84, 88, 94,96, the device 10 may be temporarily assembled. Thus, the end 78 of theleg member 18 may be fit into the channel 76 of the front base member14, the channels 82, 90 of the rear base member 16 and leg member 18 maybe fit together, and the table portion 92 of the leg member 18 may befit into the channel 86 of the upper body 24. Once these components 14,16, 18, 24 are temporarily in place, the opening 80 may be pre-drilledby a custom drill bit into the front base member 14 and the leg member18. Next the openings 88, 94 may be simultaneously drilled into theupper body 24 and the table portion 92 of the leg member 18. Finally,the openings 96, 84 may be drilled simultaneously into the leg member 18and the rear base member 16. Once these openings 80, 84, 88, 94, 96 areall pre-drilled, the dowels may be placed therein. A hammer may beutilized to ensure the dowels are properly in place.

In other embodiments, screws may be utilized instead of dowels. Thefront base member 14 may further be attached to the leg member 12exclusively with an adhesive. In other embodiments, the entire devicemay be molded together as a single component. Alternately, theattachment of the components 14, 16, 18, 24 may be done via adhesivealone. In still further embodiments, the screws may include decorativescrewheads in order to make the device 10 more aesthetically pleasing.

In one embodiment, the components 14, 16, 18, 24 may be sold in a kit inan unassembled state with the wooden dowels or other attachmentmechanism. For example, a single box may contain the front base member14, the rear base member 16, the leg member 18 and the upper body 24.These components 14, 16, 18, 24 may be stacked tightly. For example, themembers 14, 16 may be located in the same plane as the L-shaped legmember 18 and may be located within the bounds of the L-shape. The upperbody 24 may be located in a plane above or below these other threeelements. Because the upper body 24 may not take up as much space as thethree other components, the dowels (or whatever attachment mechanismsare utilized) may be contained within the packaging and placed in thesame layer as the upper body 24 within the package. This kit arrangementmay provide a particularly compact package, which may facilitate lowcost distribution. In the event that the components 14, 16, 18, 24 aresold in a stained or painted state, it should be understood that thedowels, or other attachment mechanism, may include heads that arepainted or stained in the same manner. It should be understood that theopenings 80, 84, 88, 94, 96 may be pre-drilled prior to packaging of thekit. In other embodiments, the custom drill bit may be provided with thekit for allowing an assembler to drill the openings 80, 84, 88, 94, 96after purchase of the kit and thereby assemble the device 10.

Elements of the embodiments have been introduced with either thearticles “a” or “an.” The articles are intended to mean that there areone or more of the elements. The terms “including” and “having” andtheir derivatives are intended to be inclusive such that there may beadditional elements other than the elements listed. The conjunction “or”when used with a list of at least two terms is intended to mean any termor combination of terms. The terms “first” and “second” are used todistinguish elements and are not used to denote a particular order.

While the invention has been described in detail in connection with onlya limited number of embodiments, it should be readily understood thatthe invention is not limited to such disclosed embodiments. Rather, theinvention can be modified to incorporate any number of variations,alterations, substitutions or equivalent arrangements not heretoforedescribed, but which are commensurate with the spirit and scope of theinvention. Additionally, while various embodiments of the invention havebeen described, it is to be understood that aspects of the invention mayinclude only some of the described embodiments. Accordingly, theinvention is not to be seen as limited by the foregoing description, butis only limited by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:
 1. A wine bottle and glass holder device comprising: a frontbase member extending between a left end and a right end, the front basemember including a front left semi annular channel proximate the leftend and a front right semi annular channel proximate the right end; arear base member extending between a left end and a right end, the rearbase member including a rear left semi annular channel proximate theleft end and a rear right semi annular channel proximate the right end;a leg member having a first portion extending horizontally between thefront base member and the rear base member, the leg member having asecond portion extending vertically from the rear base member to a toplocation; an upper body connected to the leg member at the top location,the upper body extending horizontally in a parallel or substantiallyparallel direction to the second portion, the upper body including aleft channel and a right channel each extending horizontally in theupper body; wherein a first attachment mechanism is configured to attachthe leg member to the rear base member, wherein a second attachmentmechanism is configured to attach the leg member to the front basemember, and wherein a third attachment mechanism is configured to attachthe leg member to the upper body.
 2. The wine bottle and glass holderdevice of claim 1, wherein the left channel configured to receive andhold a base of two wine glasses, the right channel configured to receiveand hold two wine glasses, and wherein the front left semi annularchannel is configured to receive a neck of a first wine bottle, andwherein the front right semi annular channel is configured to receive aneck of a second wine bottle, and wherein the rear left semi annularchannel is configured to receive a body portion of the first winebottle, and wherein the rear right semi annular channel is configured toreceive a body portion of a second wine bottle.
 3. The wine bottle andglass holder device of claim 1, wherein the leg member is constructed ofa single component.
 4. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim2, wherein the first and second wine bottles are configured to bereceived in a downward angle such that wine within each of the first andsecond wine bottles remains in contact with a cork in each of the firstand second wine bottles.
 5. The wine bottle and glass holder device ofclaim 1, wherein the front left semi annular channel and the front rightsemi annular channel have greater curvature than the rear left semiannular channel and the rear right semi annular channel.
 6. The winebottle and glass holder device of claim 1, wherein the top location ofthe leg member includes a table portion and wherein a bottom surface ofthe upper body includes a third attachment channel and wherein the tableportion is located within the first attachment channel.
 7. The winebottle and glass holder device of claim 6, wherein an end of the legmember is located within the first attachment channel of the front basemember.
 8. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim 7, whereinthe leg member includes a fourth attachment channel located along a baseof the leg member, and wherein the fourth attachment channel of the legmember and the second attachment channel of the rear base member areconfigured to interlock.
 9. The wine bottle and glass holder device ofclaim 1, wherein the first, second and third attachment mechanisms areeach a dowel.
 10. A wine bottle and glass holder device comprising: afront base member extending between a left end and a right end, thefront base member including a first attachment channel at a middlelocation between the left end and the right end, the front base memberincluding a front left semi annular channel proximate the left end and afront right semi annular channel proximate the right end; a rear basemember extending between a left end and a right end, the rear basemember including a second attachment channel at a middle locationbetween the left end and the right end, the rear base member including arear left semi annular channel proximate the left end and a rear rightsemi annular channel proximate the right end; a leg member having afirst portion extending horizontally between the front base member andthe rear base member, the leg member having a second portion extendingvertically from the rear base member to a top location; an upper bodyconnected to the leg member at the top location, the upper bodyextending horizontally in a parallel or substantially parallel directionto the second portion, the upper body including a left channel and aright channel each extending horizontally in the upper body, the leftchannel configured to receive and hold a base of two wine glasses, theright channel configured to receive and hold two wine glasses; whereinthe front left semi annular channel is configured to receive a neck of afirst wine bottle, and wherein the front right semi annular channel isconfigured to receive a neck of a second wine bottle, and wherein therear left semi annular channel is configured to receive a body portionof the first wine bottle, and wherein the rear right semi annularchannel is configured to receive a body portion of a second wine bottle.11. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim 10, wherein the legmember is constructed of a single component.
 12. The wine bottle andglass holder device of claim 10, wherein the first and second winebottles are configured to be received in a downward angle such that winewithin each of the first and second wine bottles remains in contact witha cork in each of the first and second wine bottles.
 13. The wine bottleand glass holder device of claim 10, wherein the front left semi annularchannel and the front right semi annular channel have greater curvaturethan the rear left semi annular channel and the rear right semi annularchannel.
 14. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim 10,wherein the top location of the leg member includes a table portion andwherein a bottom surface of the upper body includes a third attachmentchannel and wherein the table portion is located within the firstattachment channel.
 15. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim14, wherein an end of the leg member is located within the firstattachment channel of the front base member.
 16. The wine bottle andglass holder device of claim 15, wherein the leg member includes afourth attachment channel located along a base of the leg member, andwherein the fourth attachment channel of the leg member and the secondattachment channel of the rear base member are configured to interlock.17. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim 16, wherein a firstattachment mechanism is configured to attach the leg member to the rearbase member, wherein a second attachment mechanism is configured toattach the leg member to the front base member, and wherein a thirdattachment mechanism is configured to attach the leg member to the upperbody.
 18. The wine bottle and glass holder device of claim 17, whereinthe first, second and third attachment mechanisms are each a dowel. 19.A kit comprising: a front base member extending between a left end and aright end, the front base member including a front left semi annularchannel proximate the left end and a front right semi annular channelproximate the right end; a rear base member extending between a left endand a right end, the rear base member including a rear left semi annularchannel proximate the left end and a rear right semi annular channelproximate the right end; a leg member having an L-shape; an upper bodyincluding a left channel dividing a left protrusion and an innerprotrusion, and a right channel dividing a right protrusion and theinner protrusion; a first attachment mechanism that is configured toattach the leg member to the rear base member; a second attachmentmechanism that is configured to attach the leg member to the front basemember; and a third attachment mechanism that is configured to attachthe leg member to the upper body; wherein the front base member, therear base member, the leg member and the upper body are configured to beassembled into a wine bottle and glass holder device such that the leftchannel configured to receive and hold a base of two wine glasses, theright channel configured to receive and hold two wine glasses, the frontleft semi annular channel is configured to receive a neck of a firstwine bottle, the front right semi annular channel is configured toreceive a neck of a second wine bottle, the rear left semi annularchannel is configured to receive a body portion of the first winebottle, and the rear right semi annular channel is configured to receivea body portion of a second wine bottle.